On the ninth day of May, Feng Ziying and his party arrived in the capital city.
On the first night when Feng Ziying arrived in the capital, Feng Tang also returned to the capital from Western Xinjiang.
The father and son returned to the capital city almost in a hurry.
Compared to the last time I returned to the Capital City, which was overwhelming, this time it will be relatively relaxed, but there may be more follow-up matters.
But with Fan Jingwen and Wu Di coming back with him, many things can be arranged for them to do first, such as collecting the royalties for the entire trip to the south of the Yangtze River, the sale of sea-opening bonds, and negotiations on the establishment of a shipping company, etc.
We can let Fan Jingwen and Wu Yan write the article.
It can be said that except for the establishment of the Municipal Shipping Division, other matters related to opening up the sea are basically on the way. Even if you don't have yourself, there will be no big problem if you follow this routine in the future.
As for Haitong Yinzhuang, with the effective cooperation of King Zhongshun and sufficient preparations in the early stage, it is nothing more than a matter of development speed. With Duan Xigui taking care of it, Feng Ziying is relatively sure.
"Mengzhang, Luyou, the next work may be the two of you, I'm going to be lazy." Feng Ziying said goodbye to the two of them on the dock, "Guanshi, you guys tell the official, I'm a little bit
I will go to the Zhongshu Department tomorrow morning. I think you can all answer the questions that officials and teachers should ask..."
"Ziying, I know you are eager to return home. Otherwise, Lu You and I will go back to rest today. Tomorrow we will go to the Zhongshu Department to report to the officials..."
Fan Jingwen was still very knowledgeable and gave sensible suggestions, and Wu Di also agreed.
Feng Ziying was not polite. After thanking her, they agreed on a time and left each other.
Rushing all the way home, Feng Ziying finally met her father after being away for more than half a year.
After not seeing each other for more than half a year, Feng Tang looked a lot darker, but he was still in good spirits, but his face didn't look good.
The study door was closed, and water mist rose from two cups of tea in front of the father and son, and dispersed in a flash.
"My father doesn't want to go to Liaodong. He has already submitted his resignation, but has not yet been able to hand it over. Chai Ke clearly told my father that the court has decided that he must go..." Feng Tang put his hand on his forehead, his face full of worry and exhaustion.
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"Why doesn't father want to go to Liaodong?" Feng Ziying roughly knew some of the reasons, but he was still surprised to see that his father actually wanted to submit his resignation and refused to go to Liaodong.
This is almost like running away from the battlefield. Even if he is lucky enough to be spared from taking office, it means that his father can only retire from office and there is no possibility of coming back.
Based on my understanding of my father's official-obsessed personality, he would definitely be unwilling to become an official at this age if he was in good health. But in order not to go to Liaodong, he was so determined?
If we were to follow the path of Zhang Jingqiu and Chai Ke, we might not be able to make some changes, but now at this point, there is already a lot of noise outside, and there is basically no room for maneuver. The imperial decree is not a child's play, and it is impossible to
It's easy in this situation.
"There are too many reasons, and every one of them is fatal." Feng Tang shook his head with a look of despair on his face and sighed, "The most fundamental one is that I am not familiar with the situation in Liaodong, and I know nothing about the enemy on the other side. At this time
But I have to face it. Once the situation is unfavorable, it will be a trivial matter for me to be imprisoned. It will delay the imperial court's layout in Liaodong and even affect the survival of the entire Liaodong. As a father, I really cannot bear this responsibility."
Feng Ziying realized that her father seemed to be really flustered. If he went to Liaodong with such a lack of confidence and fighting spirit, he was afraid that something big would really happen.
Even if the important officials of the imperial court were aware of his father's condition, they would probably lose confidence in his father.
"Father, no one can understand the familiar situation just by going there. Haven't you also worked in Datong for so many years? You have also dealt with the Chahar people for so many years. What Liaodong has to face are the Jurchens and the Mongols.
To put it more bluntly, they are the Jurchen and Chahar people in Jianzhou, and the Horqin people further north..."
Feng Ziying carefully tested her father's feelings.
He felt that it was not as simple as his father being familiar with the situation in Liaodong.
The Mongols are not that powerful yet, and they are not enough to bother my father. The Chahar people are also very familiar with Lin Dan and Khan. They are still young, so they cannot be said to be a big threat. The Jurchens in Jianzhou are certainly the most powerful.
Troublesome, but before the Jianzhou Jurchens have completed the unification of the Jurchen tribe, the threat to Liaodong is indeed huge, but it should not be fatal.
If my father is really worried about this matter, it is not impossible to find an opportunity to escape in Liaodong in three to five years. With his father's character, his ability to work as a paper poster is definitely better than his ability to fight on the battlefield.
The ability is much stronger.
Besides, the situation in Liaodong is dangerous. It is just a seemingly irreversible trend that makes the ministers in the DPRK anxious, rather than saying that it is about to get out of hand and lead to the entire fall.
According to the timeline, it will be at least ten years before Nurhachi can truly control the Jurchen tribes to launch a general attack on Liaodong Town. His father is not Li Chengliang, so he has never thought about persisting in Liaodong for more than ten years, right?
"Hmph, you put it lightly. Do you really think that your father doesn't know the situation in Liaodong when he is on the other side?" Feng Tang said impatiently: "Jurchens in Jianzhou are gaining momentum, and the tribes in Haixi are simply unable to compete.
Within this year, the Haixi Jurchens will only be wiped out. Once the Jianzhou Jurchens swallow up the Haixi Jurchens, as well as the Horqin tribe who are flirting with them, the Zhou Dynasty will be isolated and helpless in Liaodong. Maybe your father will
Trapped to death in Liaodong."
Only then did Feng Ziying realize that her father was not completely ignorant of the situation in Liaodong, and he still needed to do some research.
"Father, aren't there still Chahar people? Aren't the Horqin people just flirting with the Jianzhou Jurchens now and not really embracing the Jianzhou Jurchens?" Feng Ziying was as steady as a dog.
He needs to cheer up his father and not let his father give in. Otherwise, if his father really gives in and becomes an official, not only the entire Feng family will be stigmatized as fearful of enemies, but they will also have to work hard in Western Xinjiang.
All the reputation you have built will be wasted and you will never be able to stand up again.
No one would trust a general who is afraid of a battle with the Jurchens. This is the most basic red line for generals in the Zhou Dynasty. You can be cautious, you can be thorough, and you can ask for any conditions, but you cannot be afraid of a battle. This is Feng
The conclusion reached by Ziying after dealing with everyone in the Ministry of War.
"Huh, Lin Dan Batur is a little kid who doesn't understand shit. What can he do? The Chahar people are powerful but they are powerful. They can't even control the Horqin people. They still want to be the co-leader of the Mongols?" Feng Tang looked disdainful.
, "Nurhaci is not stupid. The Horqin people are accustomed to following the wind. As long as the Jianzhou Jurchens destroy the Ula tribe, the Horqin people will never sit still and will definitely fall to the Jianzhou Jurchens. The only Yehe tribe sandwiched between them is
There is a way to perish,..."
Feng Tang had many spies outside the border wall. He originally thought that he was going to take over as the governor of the three sides, so he had already started to make arrangements, whether it was the Tumut people, the Ordos people, or the Mughals and Xihai people further west.
He has connections throughout the department and has scouts and informants, so he can control all movements.
Now that Hami has been controlled in the far west, he will definitely not be able to continue to expand the territory, but he is still sure of maintaining a stable situation. He did not expect that the imperial court would suddenly ask him to go to Liaodong, which would immediately disrupt the situation.
his plan.
"Then let Nurhaci not be able to destroy the Ula tribe!" Feng Ziying remained calm, but her tone became more and more stern, "Support the Yehe tribe, beat the Horqin tribe, and contact the Chahar people. In short, let the Jianzhou Jurchens not even think about acting as they wish.
This is what Liaodong Town has to do, no matter what, we must continue to do it!"
Feng Tang glanced sideways at his son and snorted, "What you said is quite easy. Keep doing it? How to keep doing it? Talking about war on paper! It requires people, soldiers, swords, guns, arrows, armor and food. In the final analysis, it's all about war.
If you need money, how much money does the imperial court have to support such a big move? And this is not a matter of one or two years, but three years, five years, ten years, and twenty years of expenditure, until it collapses!"
"The Yinzi court will find a way, but if you lose confidence, father, then Liaodong cannot be defended." Feng Ziying said calmly.
"Don't brag about your father so much. He knows how many bowls of rice he eats." Feng Tang didn't follow Feng Ziying's trick at all. "In terms of scheming, my father is not as good as Li Chengliang. In terms of strategic planning, he is not as good as Xiong Tingbi. In terms of strategy, he is not as good as Xiong Tingbi."
You are brave and decisive, and your father is not as good as Liu Wei. Your father must be stable! But at present, Liaodong cannot be settled by just the word stable. It must have the ability to break the situation. If it continues to be stable like this, it will be like an insect bound by a spider web.
It will only become tighter and tighter, and in the end there will be no chance to struggle."
Feng Ziying was quite shocked.
He always thought that his father was a relatively mediocre general. When he went to Liaodong, the court could not choose a suitable person, so he asked his father to temporarily resist some outstanding talents like Xiong Tingbi who had been proven in the history of previous lives.
It is the most suitable, but of course the timeline is still a little early.
But now it seems that his father has a fairly accurate view of his situation against Liaodong, which gives him a little more confidence.
"Father, my son does not think that Liaodong is as unbearable as you said, like an insect bound by a cobweb. It is true that the situation in Liaodong is not good now, and Li Chengliang's early measures also had many reluctances, but now he has the support of the emperor and the cabinet ministers.
, my son feels that there is still a way to solve the situation in Liaodong." Feng Ziying said sincerely.
"Just a few people from the Ye He tribe?" Feng Tang's eyes were like a falcon, "Did you fall in love with Buxia Mara? I tell you, you can touch any woman, but you can't touch Bu Zhai's daughter!"